Amounts are typically displayed with commas, such as $10,000 instead of $10000. Currently, it is possible to create and display a custom widget to format the amount with commas, but it is difficult to display it as a data label on the graph. I want a data type to store amounts of money. When drawing graphs on the dashboard, I want to display the amounts with commas.
@Misaki welcome to the Community and thank you for the suggestion.
Could I ask for a screenshot of how you’re handling this today and what your workaround is? Is the main ask the currency data type, formatting labels with commas in a dashboard, or both?
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@OlgaStroilova thank you for your response.
I’ve attached a screenshot showing how we’re currently handling this. As you can see, the vertical axis in the bar chart displays amounts like “$1000000” without commas, which reduces readability. In other parts of the app, we can insert commas using a custom widget called add_comma, but honestly, it’s a bit of a hassle, and there’s no easy way to apply the same formatting to graph axis labels or data labels on the dashboard.
Our main request is to be able to display amounts with commas on the dashboard and within app variables—especially in chart axes and labels. Ideally, having a dedicated currency or amount data type that automatically formats values appropriately would be very helpful.
Thank you for the detail, this makes sense. We’ll keep an eye on upvotes.